Rap songs that aren't normally considered to be rap songs

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1. Nine Inch Nails -- Down In It
2. Bob Dylan -- Subterranean Homesick Blues
3. Pet Shop Boys -- West End Girls

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

4 Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) - Reuinion

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

T'Pau - Heart & Soul

― Shooz (shooz), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

6. Violent Femmes- Add It Up

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

7. "Hey ya" OutKast, or wait it's vice versa

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

8. Queen, We Will Rock You?!

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"All Hell's Breakin' Loose" by Kiss

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

10. Talking Heads, "Crosseyed and Painless"?!?

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"88 Lines About 44 Women" by the Nails

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

11. Joy Division -- Interzone ?
12. Talking Heads -- Once in a Lifetime (for sure)

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"Get Out of London" by Intaferon

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"Der Kommisar" by Falco/After the Fire

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

15. Aerosmith's original version of "Walk This Way"

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

16. Perhaps even "Rock Me Amadeus".

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

der kommisar otm

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"People Who Died", "Three Sisters" by the Jim Carroll Band.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"It's the End of the World" etc

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

21. "Pepper" -- Butthole Surfers

― rainman (rainman), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"Anthrax" by Gang of Four

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

23. "One Night in Bangkok," Murray Head

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

24. "We Didn't Start the Fire," Billy Joel

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Intaferon! My word!

Cold Beverage - G Love & Special Sauce

― mzui, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Making the Freeway safe for the freeway (OK Watt calls it "a rap song in the tradition of Madonna and Bobby Dylan" .. but no one else would really)

Lagartija Nick

Leave It - Yes

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Chuck Eddy to thread!

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

2?. "The Stutter Rap" Morris Minor and The Majors - normally considered (if ever)to be a novelty song.

― billislord, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Chuck Eddy to thread!

Yeah, no shit!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

30. INXS, "Mediate"

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

31. Blondie, "Rapture"

Wait!!!

― Jon Williams in brrrrrrrrrrrRochester! (ex machina), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

7. "Hey ya" OutKast, or wait it's vice versa

32. "The Super Bowl Shuffle"

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

33. "One Way or Another" (at the end anyway)

― rejoinder, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Leanover" - Life Without Buildings

― thea, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?
Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah
....

― Rocco, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

idea flowing from a different thread:
Angel in the Centerfold - J Geils Band

― thea, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

A f*cking lot of Lou Reed material.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Love - Bummer In The Summer

― Sansai, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Live versions of Roadrunner.

― maypang (maypang), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

38. Madonna - Justify my love
39. Madonna - Erotica
40. Pet Shop Boys - Left to my own devices

― Seb (Seb), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

41. Sonny Bono, "My Best Friend's Girl Is Out of Sight"

42. The Monkees, "I'm Goin' Down"

43. The Monkees, "Zilch"

― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

44. 2 Unlimited "No Limit"

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

Didn't we do this before? I made a really good hiphop mix in acid with some of the suggestions.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"Convoy."

― mike a, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

47. Suede -- Stay Together (live versions)

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Jonathan Richman, "I'm Straight."

― mike a, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

AC/DC, "Back in Black"

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

The first person to say "Radiohead - Wolf At The Door" gets a kick in the balls or equivilent anatomical weak point.

― Stupid (Stupid), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

50. Nina Hagen - "New York, New York"
51. Nina Hagen - "Universal Radio"
52. M - "Pop Music"
53. Anne Clark - "Sleeper in Metropolis"
54. Anne Calrk - "Our Darkness"
55. Flying Lizards - "Money"
56. Miss Kittin & The Hacker - "Frank Sinatra"
57. Felix Da Housecat - "Madame Hollywood"
58. Chicks On Speed - "Fashion Rules!"

― Seb (Seb), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i believe a certain barenaked song qualifies. part of its essential badness, as well ...

― ccccccc, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

... maybe even alanis & mr. du-pli-ci-ty, for that matter

― ccccccc, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Rush- Roll The Bones

Who doesn't consider the super bowl shuffle to be rap?

― Scott, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

62. Spice Girls -- Wannabe ?

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

63. Beck - Hollywood Freaks

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Who doesn't consider the super bowl shuffle to be rap?

[Cut to Bob Odenkirk in baldcap]: "R-rap, r-rap, r-rap rap rap. Rap cap map, rap tap ..."

― ccccccc, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

64. "Skip Tracer," Sonic Youth

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

65. Bob Dylan - Motorpsycho Nitemare

― Sym (shmuel), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean!

― plebian plebs (plebian), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

67. The Fall - "C'nc-s Mithering".

Ok, there are plenty of Fall tunes that would fit, but that's a good 'un. Take your pick with Crass as well.

― no opinion, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 07:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Cake -- "The Distance"
REM feat. William Burroughs -- "Star Me Kitten"

― joseph cotten, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Johny Cash - One Piece at a Time, A boy Named Sue

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

72. Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, "Valley Girl"

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Chuck Berry - "Too Much Monkey Business"

??? - "Signifying Monkey"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Bar a few, these songs fucking suck

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

75. Chas n' Dave - Rabbit.

Proving you wrong, oops.

― fletcher dexter, Sunday, 29 February 2004 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

76. The Fall - C'n'C-S Mithering ("This was going to be called 'Crap Rap Fourteen' but it's now 'Stop Mithering'...)

― Sasha (sgh), Sunday, 29 February 2004 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

(Sasha, see no. 67)

― no opinion, Sunday, 29 February 2004 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

That'll teach me to hit 'End' and assume no one else posts about the Fall.

Alright, um... 'Crap Rap 2'

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 1 March 2004 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Pretty much any "talking blues."

Charlie Daniels: "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

"The Music Man"

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 1 March 2004 04:20 (twenty-two years ago)

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